Greens leader Adam Bandt will throw down the gauntlet to the Federal Government in a speech to be given to the Smart Energy Council today, warning of “a fight over new coal and gas this year”. Bandt is threatening to block enabling legislation for the government’s key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, over the inclusion of new coal and gas projects.
Last week US activist investment group Hindenburg Research released a bombshell report that accused the Adani Group of purportedly carrying out fraud for years on end. Since then, Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, has seen his empire plummet by $70 billion, while Hindenburg dares the Adani Group to sue, hoping it opens the coal giant to further scrutiny.
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean is preparing to issue orders requiring the state’s coal exporters to hold back 7-10 percent of their export volume and set it aside for domestic power stations. Mining giant BHP has told workers at a NSW coal mine that those orders could lead to the mine’s early closure.
Greens warn the government that a fight is looming over energy policy
The Greens are threatening to use their power to overturn the rules of the government’s key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, unless it is overhauled to remove fossil fuel projects from the scheme.
US activist investor who accused Adani of ‘biggest con in corporate history’ dares Indian group to sue
The US investor targeting Indian conglomerate Adani Group over what it claims is the “biggest con in corporate history” has dared the company to sue, given it would open the coal producer to further scrutiny.
Asia’s richest man loses $50 billion in a day as Adani bloodbath continues
In the past 72 hours, Indian mining magnate Gautam Adani’s empire has plunged by US$50 billion (A$70 billion) in market value after US activist investment group Hindenburg Research released a bombshell report that accused the Adani Group of purportedly carrying out fraud for years on end.
Coal reservation scheme stokes fears for BHP’s Mt Arthur mine
Mining giant BHP has told workers at a NSW coal mine that new rules requiring it to reserve up to a 10th of its output for local power stations has forced it to launch a review that could lead to the mine’s early closure.
El Nino, electric vehicles and an end to extinctions? The big climate and environment topics in 2023
How urgently we respond to the climate and environment crises this decade will be hugely consequential for millennia to come. With this knowledge to galvanise us, here’s a round-up of key issues likely to make headlines in 2023.
Everything’s gone’: eerie silence on Enid Street provides a glimpse into Australia’s climate future
Flood buybacks in Goodna, west of Brisbane, have emptied homes and disrupted lives. Now the bulldozers are moving in.
No sunlight, no soil – no worries as vertical farming looks stacked with promise
As weather events around Australia become more extreme and threaten food supply chains, the reliability of indoor farming may become an increasingly alluring choice.
The breathtaking state of truck pollution in Melbourne’s west
Glen Yates is 46 years old with two children, his youngest in primary school. He doesn’t smoke and is of average weight, but recently he’s been diagnosed with a suite of health problems, including asthma.
Extreme weather can have a mental health toll. Psychologists say you shouldn't have to wait for help
A national peak body for psychologists will today raise with the federal government what it says is a need to remove a hurdle in order for people affected by natural disasters to have faster access to mental health support.
At 16 years plus, Tasmania’s “Speedy” is the oldest known sea dragon
Scientists believe they have found the oldest living sea dragon off the coast of Tasmania.